Please pray for their families.
To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.
Posted on 05/16/2008 7:41:03 PM PDT by Dubya
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. 1st Class George W. Koon of Leesville, S.C.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. 1st Class Jack O. Tye of Loyall, Ky.
Please pray for their families.
Hand Salute to All Veterans on Memorial Day!
Good I’ll get one too.
In Flanders Fields
John McCrae, 1915.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In 1915, inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” Moina Michael replied with her own poem:
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html#1
The Department of Defense announced the death of these Americans who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Spc. William E. Allmon, 25, of Ardmore, Okla.
Spc. William E. Allmon, 25, of Ardmore, Okla., died in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Spc. Arturo Huerta-Cruz, 23, of Clearwater, Fla.
Spc. Arturo Huerta-Cruz, 23, of Clearwater, Fla., died in Tuz, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 10th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. Joseph A. Richard III, 27, of Lafayette, La.
Sgt. Joseph A. Richard III, 27, of Lafayette, La., died in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), located at Fort Polk, La.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Staff Sgt. Jason L. Brown, 29, of Magnolia, Texas
Staff Sgt. Jason L. Brown, 29, of Magnolia, Texas, died in Sama Village, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked using small arms fire and grenades. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Spc. Lance O. Eakes, 25, of Apex, N.C.
Spc. Lance O. Eakes, 25, of Apex, N.C., died in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, Rocky Mount, N.C.
BTW, many here have issues with Nancy Grace because of her handling of the Duke lacrosse case. But she does honor a fallen solider on every show.
Good for her.
By the way, I joined and was not drafted.
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Prayers.
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“In flanders Fields” always brings tears to my eyes.
Soldiers Missing from the Korean War are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Cpl. Robert L. Mason of Parkersburg, W.Va.; and Pfc. Joseph K. Meyer Jr., of Wahpeton, N.D., both U.S. Army. Both men will be buried Saturday. Mason will be buried in Belpre, Ohio, and Meyer will be buried in Wahpeton.
Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.
Mason was assigned to B Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, and Meyer was assigned to K Company, 31st Infantry Regiment. Both were attached to the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7th Infantry Division. The team was engaged against the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, from late November to early December, 1950. Both men died as result of intense enemy fire, and their bodies were not recovered at the time.
Between 2001 and 2005, joint U.S. and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted excavations of several burial sites near the Chosin Reservoir. The sites correlate closely with defensive positions held by the 31st RCT at the time of the Chinese attacks. The teams recovered remains there believed to be those of U.S. servicemen. Analysis of the remains recovered from the sites led to the identification of several individuals, including Mason and Meyer.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory and JPAC also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in both Meyer’s and Mason’s identification.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Cpl. Robert L. Mason of Parkersburg, W.Va.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Pfc. Joseph K. Meyer Jr., of Wahpeton, N.D.
What a brave person. god bless him and his family.
By the way, I joined and was not drafted.
I will never forget them.
Thank you for your service to our Country.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Merlin German, 22 of Manhattan, N.Y., died April 11 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, from wounds he suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Feb. 22, 2005. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif., while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. German’s parent unit was the 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He was medically retired Sept. 28, 2007, as a result of his injuries.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. Merlin German, 22 of Manhattan, N.Y.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter, 19, of Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale, 21, of Burkeville, Va.
Both Marines died from wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Haerter was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Yale was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter, 19, of Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale, 21, of Burkeville, Va.
The Department of Defense announced the death of these Americans who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Spc. Benjamin K. Brosh, 22, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Spc. Benjamin K. Brosh, 22, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died at Forward Operating Base Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered in Paliwoda, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Airman Apprentice Adrian M. Campos, 22, of El Paso, Texas
Airman Apprentice Adrian M. Campos, 22, of El Paso, Texas, died in Dubai.He was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 22, which was attached to the USNS Arctic.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Petty Officer 1st Class Cherie L. Morton, 40, of Bakersfield, Calif.
Petty Officer 1st Class Cherie L. Morton, 40, of Bakersfield, Calif., died in Galali, Muharraq, Bahrain. She was assigned to Naval Security Force, Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Pvt. Ronald R. Harrison, 25, of Morris Plains, N.J.
Pvt. Ronald R. Harrison, 25, of Morris Plains, N.J., died at Forward Operating Base Falcon near Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Missing WWII Airmen are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of 11 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Capt. Robert L. Coleman, of Wilmington, Del.; 1st Lt. George E. Wallinder, of San Antonio, Texas; 2nd Lt. Kenneth L. Cassidy, of Worcester, Mass.; 2nd Lt. Irving Schechner, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. Ronald F. Ward, of Cambridge, Mass.; Tech. Sgt. William L. Fraser, of Maplewood, Mo.; Tech. Sgt. Paul Miecias, of Piscataway, N.J.; Tech. Sgt. Robert C. Morgan, of Flint, Mich.; Staff Sgt. Albert J. Caruso, of Kearny, N.J.; Staff Sgt. Robert E. Frank, of Plainfield, N.J.; and Pvt. Joseph Thompson, of Compton, Calif; all U.S. Army Air Forces. The dates and locations of the funerals are being set by their families.
Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men in their hometowns to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army.
On Dec. 3, 1943, these men crewed a B-24D Liberator that departed Dobodura, New Guinea, on an armed-reconnaissance mission over New Hanover Island in the Bismarck Sea. The crew reported dropping their bombs on target, but in spite of several radio contacts with their base, they never returned to Dobodura. Subsequent searches failed to locate the aircraft.
In 2000, three Papua New Guineans were hunting in the forest when they came across aircraft wreckage near Iwaia village. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) was notified and began planning an investigation. In 2002, a JPAC team traveled to Deboin Village to interview two individuals who said they knew where the crash site was. However, the witnesses could not relocate the site.
In 2004, the site was found about four miles from Iwaia village in Papua New Guinea where a JPAC team found an aircraft data plate that correlated to the 1943 crash.
Between 2004 and 2007, JPAC teams conducted two excavations of the site and recovered human remains and non-biological material including some crew-related artifacts such as identification tags.
Among dental records, other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169. [Editor’s note: Aircrew photo is available.]
. Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Capt. Robert L. Coleman, of Wilmington, Del.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of 1st Lt. George E. Wallinder, of San Antonio, Texas
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of 2nd Lt. Kenneth L. Cassidy, of Worcester, Mass
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of 2nd Lt. Irving Schechner, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of 2nd Lt. Ronald F. Ward, of Cambridge, Mass.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones Tech. Sgt. William L. Fraser, of Maplewood, Mo.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones Tech. Sgt. Paul Miecias, of Piscataway, N.J.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones Tech. Sgt. Robert C. Morgan, of Flint, Mich.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones Staff Sgt. Albert J. Caruso, of Kearny, N.J.
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Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones Staff Sgt. Robert E. Frank, of Plainfield, N.J.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Pvt. Joseph Thompson, of Compton, Calif.
Thank you for this thread, Dubya...and prayers, of course...and always...for the loved ones who’ve given their lives for this country...
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